Short Description:
Infection Control Specialist
Work hours?: 9-5
Lunch period -45 minutes

Complete Description

Duties/Responsibilities

Maintaining collaborative relationships with internal and external health related partners; scheduling consultative visits and communications with public health partners; Cleaning, organizing, and summarizing data on infection prevention and control capacity; Performing descriptive and basic statistical analyses on quantitative data; Assisting in preparation and development of infection prevention and control related educational and messaging materials; Coordinating delivery of reports and resources to public health partners; Assisting in other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills, education, and/or experience

Recruiting for an ICS/Epidemiologist with the necessary education, training, and experience to assess, quantify, and report on infection prevention and control capacity in New Jersey.

This position is a member of a healthcare-associated infections (HAI) team with a home base in Trenton at the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH).

The successful candidate will have experience in applied epidemiology, strong interpersonal skills, and experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team.